Jennie Garth ‘Bummed’, Shannen Doherty Speaks
Entertainment Weekly caught up with Jennie Garth (Kelly Taylor) and Shannen Doherty (Brenda Walsh) this week to get their take on the news that Tori Spelling has pulled out of appearing on the new Beverly Hills, 90210 spin-off for The CW. Jennie, who will be reprising her role as Kelly Taylor on 90210, revealed that while she is “bummed” that Tori won’t be reprising her role as Donna Martin on the show (thus far, that is) and she maintains that she is “not at war” over salary with Tori … I bet Shannen, who will be reprising her role as Brenda Walsh, was just happy to be asked for a comment:
For those Beverly Hills, 90210 fans out there who were crushed by recent online reports that Tori Spelling will not be appearing on The CW’s new 90210 reboot this fall, take heart — Jennie Garth feels your pain. The star, who will reprise her role as Kelly Taylor on 90210 this fall, tells EW.com that she was disappointed by online reports that Spelling dropped out of The CW series after not being offered the same amount of money as Garth and fellow former co-star Shannen Doherty. “[The press thinks] we’re at war over salary with Tori. I didn’t know I was at war with Tori,” Garth told EW.com. “I’m really bummed because I love Tori and I was psyched Tori was going to be on the show. I think she should definitely get paid as much as either of us is getting paid. Her father created the show. It just seems wrong if that’s the case. I don’t know what really happened because I haven’t talked to her. I would like to talk to her.” Doherty adds that she isn’t taking the deadlinehollywooddaily.com report about Spelling’s salary dispute — which claimed Garth and Doherty were being paid “$35,000-$50,000″ per episode versus Spelling’s proposed salary of “$10,000-$20,000″ per episode — at face value. “They didn’t even get the numbers right,” says the actress, who will reprise her role as Brenda Walsh on The CW’s drama, “so I don’t know if it’s about the money either.” Whatever the case, Garth hopes the door isn’t closed on Donna Martin’s return: “I’ll try to butt my head in whenever I can and tell people what I think about it.”
HMMMM … could this possibly just be a case of building more buzz for the show? Everyone knows that there were feuds amongst the ladies back when Beverly Hills, 90210 was on the air … could all of this money/feud talk just be a way to drum up even more promo buzz for the show? Who here thinks that the issue will eventually be resolved and Tori Spelling will end up appearing on 90210? I think that is a very likely outcome.
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August 12th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
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August 12th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Money dispute + cat fight = instant buzz
August 12th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Pay that chick! Her dad created the show for Pete’s……..ya gotta have Donna yo!
August 12th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Publicity stunt …
August 12th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Tori should take the money. What else can she do to get paid that much?
August 12th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Lady/Gent, I see you all over the blogosphere! BTW, I was/am a 90210 expert. If you need an assistant let me know! Of course, I am not so up on the new series…
I did see Shannon Doherty outside of the Roosevelt a couple of years ago. I don’t like to trash anyone online but you can imagine…
August 12th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
F***ing hilarious photo and captions ~ thx for the laugh.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:37 am
As long as Garth and Doherty are still appearing, I don’t care or miss Spelling that much ;-)
August 13th, 2008 at 6:01 am
Hey Trent,
I admit that I can’t wait to see the old Peach Pit again — the only question is will Willie the Cook return? That’s more important than Donna Martin. :)
August 13th, 2008 at 6:14 am
Well, this is stupid…and a bad publicity stunt. Why make it all about the Original cast, when they won’t be the focus of this version?
August 13th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
I just wanted to say that regardless of who will or won’t be back to “90210″ I’m going to give this new spin-off a whirl and see if it’s any good:) There is always hope, right? Also, if Tori Spelling did indeed back out of the show because of a salary issue, that’s pathetic. SHE’S A SPELLING!!! Does she really NEED any more money? If anything she should do it out of wanting a new gig or just in homage to the original series, not for money, you know? But I guess time will tell what’s true and who will appear on the program ::shrugs::